Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-20
WATERFOWL. WISCONSIN.

WATERFOWL. WISCONSIN.
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PENNSYLVANIA proposes to give MUIR
derers the choice between death by
hanging and by electricity. Death by
electricity is instantaneous, humane
and comparatively inexpensive. 1t
will doubtless become popular.
RUssIANIzING Ireland and trying to
reduce the Irish to the level of the
Hottentot is English opinion of the
pending coercion bill. Irish opinion
of the measure can not be expressed
In words.
SIR HENRY HOLLAND has stated in
the English House of Commons that
the Dominion Parliament has full au-
thority tos purchase and direct the
operations of armed cruisers in Cana
dian waters.
A MAN was lynched in an impecuni-
Gus county in Iowa the other day and
the motive alleged, by the lynchers
was that they could thereby save the
expense of long trial at the end of
which the man might be found inno-
cent after all.
MAJOR BEN: PBRLEY PooRE has
made compilation of the veto mes
sages OF all the presidents. Washing
ton wrote three, Lincoln one, Arthur.
three, while Cleveland's score is 143,
including the thirty vetoes during the
second session.
THE treasury OF the village of Attica,
n. Z, contains but cents. When we
remember, however, that the new
capitol at Albany was temporarily
fcr sale because of an unpaid water
tax OF Is cents, the public funds at
Attica do not seem so Insignificant.
The Kentucky kuklux have resort
ed to the methods OF the sultan of
Morocco in enforcing the prohibition
law. In local option county, while
they were fiogging an old woman of
TO for selling liquor, they were them
selves killed by shots from behind
bhen.
TEE Canadian government is said
to be making preparations for send
ing joint geological and topograph.
icd expedition early this spring in the
Yukon country. The expedition will
be under the charge of DR.. Dawson
and Mr.. William Ogiivie, and will
leave Victoria, B. c., early in May.
A WRITER in the Springfield Repub-
hcan argues that mosquitoes instead of
being private nuisances are public
benefactors. He has made an expert
ment which convinces him that "our
swamps would more often become
sources of disease if they were not in
tested with mosquitoes.
THE Boston Journal relates that in
a law case involving dispute over a
saddle worth 50, the costs were 1895.
This is a very good story, but it does
not touch the tale of the Minreso-
ta calf, the dispute Tor the possession
OF which was continued in the enlight-
ened Northwest long after the cslf had
died at q respectable old age.
A CHINESE firm paid s. bribe of
$4,000 to secure from King Kala.
kaua the exclusive right to sell opium
IN the Hawaiian kingdom. The bribe
was received, but the right was not
granted. Now the same firm offers
$4,000 for the head of King Kali
akaua, G. O. D. That is surely an
enterprising firm.
TT is gratifying to know that as good
steel is being made in California for
She cruiser Baltimore, in process of
construction at San Francisco, as can
be produced in Pennsylvania. Cali
fornia is a great state and ought to
cultivate iron and steel manufactures
as well as mining stocks and prepos-
ferrous vegetables.
A TEXAS newspaper says that there
are only $4,000 Texas cattle under
contract for the trail, against 100, 900
year ago, and that cattle which sold
fer $50 three years ago only bring $33
now. The reason assigned for this is
that the up country grazers, instead
of buying cattle for breeding purposes,
now take only fattening steers which
wal bring them quick returns.
THE editor of the Moscow Gateez,
has received first warning from the |
Press Censor for presuming TO resent |
an official criticism of the hostile tone
adopted by the Russian press toward